Some of the most coveted metals on the planet are not just expensive, they are almost unimaginably scarce in Earth's crust ...

Researchers at the University of St Andrews have uncovered a long‑elusive molecular "reshuffle," a breakthrough that tackles ...

Chemists at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have developed a "smart" polymer that could make industrial curing, 3D ...

The Guardian makes two more interesting points about copper, silver and gold: Analysts said copper had also joined silver ...